Priory People


We present the people who are actively involved with the Priory and make it the special place that it has come to be.  

The Priory's Professional Staff
Sister Constance Messitt, CSJ (Executive Director)

Sister Connie has a Masters degree in Educational Psychology and has completed graduate courses in Spirituality and Spiritual Direction at St. Joseph’s College, Hartford, Connecticut. She has participated in the Spirituality Institute with the Diocese of Bridgeport and a Spiritual Direction Institute at Mercy Center in Madison, Connecticut. Sr. Connie has been a spiritual director since 1982 and has been at The Priory since 1987. 
Sister Connie Messitt, CSJ, Executive Director 

Emily Arsenault (Office Manager)

The Priory Board of Directors 2009-10
Patricia Cary Joyce (President)-Queensbury, NY
Julianne Thomas (Vice President)-Saratoga Springs, NY
Mark Hodge (Secretary)-Saratoga Springs, NY
Peter Hart (Treasurer)-Chestertown, NY
Greg Brown- Albany, NY
Sister Rose Mary Casaleno, CSJ-Clifton Park, NY
Karen Holman-Brant Lake, NY
James Maday-Adirondack, NY
Lynn Shepherd-Chestertown, NY

John Vollaro (Advisor)-Adirondack, NY

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